Middletown's own Wesleyan University has made national news — this time for its inclusion as number five on the top 10 list of best New Ivies, according to The Huffington Post.
The 2013 Unigo College Rankings list features colleges whose students couldn't be more proud of their alma mater, naming Wesleyan as one of the "Top 10 Schools That Are the Next Generation of Excellence."
1. Emory University
2. New York University
3. Georgetown University
4. University of Michigan
5. Wesleyan University
6. University of California, Los Angeles
7. Swarthmore
8. Macalester College
9. Boston College
10. Pomona College
According to Unigo, "Wesleyan University has long been noted for the outstanding talents of its student body, and for good reason — its graduates go on to receive scores of Fulbright, Rhodes, and Truman scholarships (among others), score consistently well on admission tests for graduate school, and earn PhDs in astonishingly large numbers. It is widely considered a 'feeder school' for many of the best-respected graduate programs in the country.
"The school is considered one of the best choices for minority students in the country, and current students often point to the representation of so many different backgrounds and cultures as one of Wesleyan's best features. Since 2000, the school has added or overhauled on-campus facilities with space for a career center, dining services, recitals, lectures, the Wesleyan Student Assembly ..."
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